Any natural or legal person governed by private law, other than a sports federation, who organises an event open to licence holders in a discipline for which authority has been delegated in accordance with article L. 131-14 and involving the award of prizes in cash or in kind, the value of which exceeds an amount set by order of the Minister responsible for sport, must obtain authorisation from the delegating…
Organising a sporting event under the conditions set out in article L. 331-5 without the authorisation of the delegating federation is punishable by a fine of 15,000 euros.
Any licence holder who takes part in an event without the authorisation of the federation of which he is a member is liable to disciplinary action as provided for in the rules of that federation.
The organisation of motor vehicle races on roads open to public traffic is subject to authorisation under article L. 411-7 of the Highway Code.
Declarations of sporting events taking place on public roads within the territory of a single municipality and not involving the participation of motor vehicles are transferred to the mayor of the municipality concerned or to the Préfet de Police in Paris. The conditions for the application of this article are laid down by decree in the Conseil d’Etat.
The organisation by any person other than the State and the bodies mentioned in article L. 321-1 of sporting events open to licence holders of federations is subject to the organiser taking out the insurance cover defined in the same article L. 321-1.
The organisation by any person other than the State of sporting events involving the participation of land motor vehicles is subject to the organiser taking out insurance cover. This insurance covers the civil liability of the organiser, any person who assists in the organisation with the agreement of the organiser and the participants. The insured parties are third parties to each other.
A decree sets out the terms and conditions for the application of articles L. 331-9 and L. 331-10, and in particular the control procedures.
Failure by a person organising a sporting event as defined in article L. 331-9 to take out the insurance cover provided for in that article is punishable by six months’ imprisonment and a fine of €7,500.
Organisers of profit-making sporting events may be required to provide a security service under the conditions set out in article L. 211-11 of the French Internal Security Code. In order to contribute to the safety of sporting events, the organisers of these events may refuse or cancel the issue of admission tickets to these events or refuse access to persons who have contravened or are contravening the provisions of the…
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